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Medina, [a] officially Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah (Arabic: المدينة المنورة, romanized: al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah, lit. 'The Luminous City', Hejazi Arabic pronunciation: [al.maˈdiːna al.mʊˈnawːara]) and also commonly simplified as Madīnah or Madinah (المدينة, al-Madina), is the capital of Medina Province (formerly known as Yathrib) in the Hejaz region of western Saudi ...
A medina (from Arabic: مدينة, romanized: madīnah, lit. 'city') is a historical district in a number of North African cities, often corresponding to an old walled city. The term comes from the Arabic word simply meaning "city" or "town".
Dreams of the City or Ahlam al-Madina (Arabic: أحلام المدينة, lit. 'Dreams of the City') is a Syrian feature drama film by director Mohamed Malas . It is a coming-of-age story of a boy forced to flee his native Quneitra to Damascus in the turbulent 1950s.
The first city converted to Islam and the base for Muhammad's conquest of Arabia, Medina was the first capital of the nascent caliphate. [1] Despite the attempt to return it to Medina during the Second Fitna (680–692), the political seat of the Muslim world quickly shifted permanently away from the Hejaz, first to Damascus under the Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) and then to Baghdad under the ...
Al Madina was founded as a weekly publication, under the name of Al Madinah al Munawarah (Arabic: Madinah the Radiant) by Hisham Hafiz's uncles, Othman and Ali Hafiz, [3] as a weekly newspaper. [4] [5] Its first issue appeared on 8 April 1937. [6] Later, it became semi-weekly.
Juz' Amara' al-Madinah al-Munawwarah: Khandlawi saw the need to compile a book to clarify the names of the princes of Al-Madinah in chronological order, in order to facilitate mentioning their names when discussing their events. He organized this book into two tables. In the first table, he mentioned the names of all the princes of Al-Madinah.
A Medinan surah (Arabic: سورة مدنية, romanized: Surah Madaniyah) of the Quran is one that was revealed at Medina after Muhammad's hijrah from Mecca. They are the latest 28 Suwar. The community was larger and more developed, in contrast to its minority position in Mecca. [1]
Madinah (مدينة) means city in Arabic. Al-Madinah with the definite article al ( Arabic : المدينة , romanized : al-Madīnah , lit. 'The City') is related to the Muslim holy city of Medina , also called by a longer name, Al-Madīnah al-Munawwarah (المدينة المنوّرة).